Cajsp-stove casing



March 25 1924. 1,487,736

L. B. GOLDBERG ET AL CAMP STOVE GAS ING Original Filed Nov. 26. 1921 Patented Mar. 25, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE.

LOUIS B. GOLDBERG, WAKE-IAN GOLDEE W, anon-rs IVE. GOLDBERG, AND WELLIAM GOLD- OF DENVER, CGLORADD.

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Application filed November 26, 1921, $eria1 No. 517,963.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Louis B. Gonnnnne, NATHAN GOLDBERG, Jason M. GOLDBERG, and WILLIAM GOLDBERG, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city and county of Denver, State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Camp-Stove Casings, of which the following is a description in such lull, clear, and exact terms as will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

The object 01" the invention is to provide a device of the class stated which shall fold up into compact form when not in use, special reference being had to externally proj ecting parts and more particularly the legs or supports for the stove.

The stove comprises a case which carries the various parts, and a cover therefor, and the invention resides more particularly in the following features: a clip hinged directly to the edge of the cover and adapted to spring over a head on the case to retain the cover, a jointed projecting valve adapted to fold into the case through a slot there in, and a pair of legs or supports of angular formation having projecting ground engaging portions with a portion hinged to the casing on one side or each projection and a portion to engage the casing on the other side thereof whereby the ground engaging portions may be swung out of the way along the sides of the casing.

In the drawings wherein certain embodiments of the invention are disclosed:

Fig. 1 is plan with a part of the casing walls and most of the cover broken away;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the casing;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional detail on line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail on line of Fig. 3.

Fig. 4: is a sectional detail on line of Fig. l;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the easing and parts;

Fig. 6 is an elevational detail showing the legs of Fig. 5 in folded position;

Fig. 7 is an elevational detail showing a diilerent leg arrangement;

Renewed February 9, 1924.

Fig. 8 is a detail showing a further slight modification.

The casing 10 has a cover 12 secured there to as by means of hinges 1.4- and adapted to be retained in closed position as by means of a clip 15. The clip 15 is mounted upon the cover by means of an eye 16 wrapped around a rod 18 forming the bead or the cover, and the other end of the clip is provided with a curved detent 20 adapted to snap over the head 21 formed by a rod or wire 22 on the casing. This forms a positively acting simple retainer.

One end of the casing 10 is provided with a T-shaped slot, the stem 2% of which receives the shank 25 of a valve for a burner B, while the cross portion 26 thereoi. is

adapted to receive the head 28 of the valve stem when the outer portion thereof is swung upon the pivot 30 at an intermediate point in said stein. A sleeve 32 is adapted to he slid over the joint 30 to prevent bending thereof when desired to operate the burner, and to be withdrawn from the joint into position against head 28 when desired to move the projecting part of stem 25 and head 28 into position within the casing as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 8. The inner end of stem 25 is threaded to enter the burner B as at 34. Thus, when the stove is to be moved or packed, the sleeve 32 is withdrawn and the projecting portions swung through T-slot 2 l, 26 to protected position within the casing.

The stove casing is supported by means of legs which are, as shown, generally V- shaped. Each leg or support has a middle cross bar adapted to engage the bottom of the case when in operative position, this bar being indicated at 40, while the ends of the rod which form each leg are offset at 42 to provide pivots on the casing. The bar i0 is connected vith each pivot 42 by a short leg at adjoining the bar and a longer leg 4E5 adjoining the pivot, the apex l6 at the junction of the two legs being adapted to rest upon the ground when in operative position and to lie along the side of the casing when folded up to inoperative position.

In all forms the bar ll) of each support engages the bottom of the casing when in operative position. In the form of Figs. 5 and 6, the pivots e2 are spaced somewhat from the ends of the casing, so that when in operative position the bars 40 engage the bottom adjacent the ends and when in inoperative position they engage the bottom on the opposite sides of the pivot-s 4-2. In the forms of Figs. 7 and 8, the pivots are adjacent the ends of the casing, so that bars d0 engage the bottom at a point spaced in each instance from the respective end when in operative position. VVit-h the form of Fig. 7, the support is moved toinoperative position by swinging it around the corner of the casing and bringing the bar 40 into engagement with the end thereof at a point slightly below the head 21. With the form of Fig. 8, the support is also swung around the corner of the casing, but the parts are soproportioned that the bar 4:0 swings under slight tension over a curved lip or rib 112 on the end of the cover 12 and snaps behind the elevation of the rib or lip to retain the cover and thereby make elimination of the clip 15 of Figs. 1 and 4 possible, although clip 15 may be retained if advantageous or desirable.

It is obvious that swinging of the leg portions 4:41;, 45 along the sides of the casing to inoperative position is due to an extension of said portions beyond the sides of the casing sufficient to permit the movement.

From the foregoing it will be seen that we have devised a simple and cheap con struction, a neat and compact exterior and simple means for retaining the assembly of a camp stove for storage or transport.

We claim:

1. A casing and Supports pivoted thereon, said supports including pivoting parts, a spaced casing-engaging bar for engaging the bottom of the casing when supporting the same and projecting legs at opposite ends of said bar adapted to be swung along the sides of the easing into retracted position.

2. A casing having sides and an end, a support thereon pivoted thereto adjacent said end, said support comprising pivots, a bar spaced from said pivots and adapted to engage the bottom of the casing to support the same when in operative position, and projecting leg members connecting said bar and said pivots and adapted to be swung out of the way along said sides of the casing.

3. A stove casing and supports thereon, each support having a pivotal connection with opposite sides of the casing, a bar spaced from the pivots and adapted to engage the casing on either side of the pivots, and leg members connecting the ends of each bar with the pivots thereof, said leg members projecting from the pivots and the bar to engage a supporting surface and adapted to be swung along said sides of the easing into withdrawn position.

4. A casing, and a support movable there 1 ,asvyec on, said support having pivotal connection at the opposite sides of the casing, a bar spaced from the pivots to engage across the bottom of the casing, a leg member at each side of the casing connecting the respective pivot and the respective end of the bar and adapted to project from the bottom to enga e a surface, said leg members lying beyond the sides of the casing so as to be swung alongside thereof to withdrawn position.

5. In a camp stove, a valve stem, a casing from which said stem projects, and means within the casing for operation by said stem, said casing having a slot, said stem being jointed so as to swing the projecting end of the stem through said slot and into the interior of the casing.

6. In a camp stove, a casing having a T-shaped slot, and a headed stem projecting through said slot and beyond the casing, said stem having a joint within the casing whereby the projecting portion and said head may be swung through said slot into the casing.

7. In a camp stove, a casing having a slot, a valve stem projecting through said slot outside the casing, a memberwithin the casing for control by said stem, said stem having a joint to permit the folding of the projecting portion of the stem through the asing to protected position within the easing, and a member slidable over said joint to prevent bending thereof.

8. In a camp stove, a casing, a bead on the upper edge thereof, a cover on the casing, a rod on the edge of the cover, and a clip pivoted on said rod and having a detent to snap over the bead on the casing to retain the cover in closed position.

9. In combination, a casing and a supporting leg pivoted thereon, said leg comprising a rod having its ends opposed and pivoted on the casing while its middle portion is in the form of a bar adapted to engage the bottom of the casing, the pivots and the bar being in substantially the same plane, and offset ground engaging members ex tending from said plane and connecting the pivots with the bar, said members lying sufficiently beyond the sides of the casing to be swung into withdrawn position along the sides of the casing.

10. A casing and supports pivoted thereon, said supports comprising a bar having a straight central portion adapted to engage the bottom of the casing when supporting the same, and projecting legs at opposite ends of said bar adapted to be swung along the sides of the casing into retracted position.

11. A casing and supports pivoted thereon, said supports comprising a bar having a straight central portion, the ends of said bar being bent to lie in a plane substantially perpendicular to said straight central portion which is adapted to engage the bottom of the casing, said bent ends forming legs adapted to be swung along the sides of the casing into retracted position.

12. A casing having sides and a bottom portion, a support pivoted thereon, said support comprising a straight bar having its ends bent so as to lie in planes at right angles to the straight bar which is adapted to engage the bottom of the casing, said end portions being bent to form legs adapted to be swung along the sides of the easing into retracted position.

In testimony whereof, we afiix our sig- 15 natures.

LOUIS B. GOLDBERG. NATHAN GOLDBERG. JACOB M. GOLDBERG. WM. GOLDBERG. 

